The Gift...

Here is the big girl in front of her happy birthday sign in front of our neighborhood. Jacob did the same for me this year.

Then here is her big gift. We have a Skuut bike that she has been riding around the house but figure we would get her a bike now anyways.


Here is Moo playing at the playground.

We also played in the leaves. It isnt as mean as it looks since it was simply Emmi throwing leaves in the air over Marli.

Time Flies at 9 months & 3 years old

Marli is doing great with eating @ 9 months. Took the same approach by letting her feed herself but didn't do much fork mashed stuff this time. She has been getting food 2 times a day most days. From Cheerios, to steamed carrots, to green beans, to crust from pizza, to whatever she can swipe. Sleep is not something she wants to grace us with. She will go some nights of only getting up once. Then other nights it will be 2+ times. But she is cute so I guess we will still keep her. She can sit herself up, army crawl, and tries to pull up on stuff but it has to be just the right height for her to do it. This is a picture of my co-pilot while waiting at the airport last week for Memere.

Since the weather is still nice we try to hit the playground when we can.

Marli loves to swing

I cant believe Emmi is already 3. She is very independent. Grabs chairs in the kitchen to help herself to whatever in the food cabinet. Not only will she answer the phone but you can actually have a conversation with her. Definitely becoming quite a little person. She makes us laugh with her funny comments or things she does. She is fun now to take out running errands or the like. She also rather be behind the camera taking the pictures.

Here she is after she climbed the climbing wall herself....

Which lead to her dancing out of no where. My crazy girl.

The party week

Since my birthday is just before Emmi's the next morning after mine she asked, "Is it my birthday now?" Of course it is. :) This year she definitely is going to think birthdays last a full week. We had Emmi's 3rd birthday party with her friends on Saturday. Decorate your own cupcakes and chicken/broccoli/ziti was enjoyed by all.


Memere is here to play with the kids as well. Emmi will have treats in school on Thursday (her actual day). Then maybe cake again with Grif later that day. Over the weekend we are going to get Emmi her birthday gift.

Marli got in on the balloon action.

She also helped unpack all the groceries prior to the party. For an update on her she now has 6 teeth, 3 on top and 3 on bottom. As well as she stood for 10 seconds without holding on to anything. Not long but long enough to just realize how fast time is going.

TOTing

The kids went out TOTing. Emmi had a blast running up to all the houses. Every time she would come back to us she would say, "Mommy I got candy!". It was too cute. Griffin was afraid of any house with ghosts, goblins, or skeletons but not Emmi.

Marli was along for the ride in the wagon.

Here is Marli as the pumpkin.

She definitely didn't let it stop her from getting places.

Swipper the swipper, aka Moo, swipped the wand when Emmi put it down.

Here is Emmi's costume as the Lady Bug Butterfly Fairy Princess right before school last Thursday that I took with my phone. I made the tutu & wings while Jacob crafted the wand.

The Patch & The Aeroport

Last weekend we went to the pumpkin patch. We went to the one closest to our house since we didn't have tons of time to hit our favorite one.




Then this weekend was all about fitness. We ran in a 5k at the airport. It was very chilly to start but warmed up a bit. Once we were done we headed over to CrossFit for Emmi to take part in Xfit for kids. She had fun so I think we may have her go to that for a while. As a side note while there we weighed ourselves. Emmi is now 35lbs and Moo is 21 lbs. All a healthy bunch. I am psyched that I am now 6lbs less than when I got pregnant for Marli. Gotta love the Breastfeeding diet although this week I am going to get more serious about regular exercise to help with my overall zen.
Moo all bundled up.

Here is Emmi & Grif on a plane ride, they had a mini plane that the kids could go on plane rides.
Best Friends Forever.
This is a plane flying over the one they went for a ride on.

And she is off......

That is right at 8 months or 35 weeks old. Moo started crawling at the end of last week. She will pretty much go anywhere and everywhere. It is just an army crawl right now but she definitely knows how to work it.
Sizing up Kona, should she go in for the attack....
Nah go right for the cheesy smile.
Hmmmm now where????

Yo Gabba Gabba

A busy Sunday, from my friend Mel's wedding then on to Yo Gabba Gabba with the kids and our neighbors. Now if you have never seen Yo Gabba Gabba click here let it load and you can see what it is all about. Or tune in to Nick Jr. This show was way better than when we went to see Elmo a year or so ago.

Here they are ready for the big show.
Here are Toodee, Foofa, DJ Lance Rock, Muno, Brobee, and Plex
The kids loved it and were dancing pretty much from the start.
Even Marli loved it. Jacob also had fun with his Dj Lance glasses on.

Biz Markie also made an appearance for his Biz's Beat of the day.